1 dead after tree comes down on Oakland highway

OAKLAND, Calif. 
Authorities say an 18-year-old man from Washington state was killed after two vehicles crashed into a tree that came down on a highway in Oakland.

The series of crashes on Highway 13 near Park Boulevard began around 4:21 a.m. Thursday when a vehicle driven by the 18-year-old and carrying three passengers hit a downed tree.

California Highway Patrol spokesman Sam Morgan says the driver pulled into the median area, and he and the passengers got out. A pickup truck then hit the same tree and went airborne, leading the driver of the first vehicle to be fatally struck.

One of his passengers was pinned under a portion of the tree although crews managed to free her.